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The Morpho³ Group studies how shape forms, changes, and becomes controllable in growing living systems.
The Morpho³ Group studies how shape forms, changes, and becomes controllable in growing living systems.
We combine geometry, mechanics, 3D imaging, stochastic dynamics, biological signaling, and data-driven modeling to understand morphogenesis and develop principles for measuring, predicting, and steering shape.
Research themes
Research themes
Our work is organized around three connected themes: Morphogenesis, Morphometry, and Morphorythms.
Morphogenesis
Morphogenesis
We study morphogenesis as the formation and transformation of shape in living systems. Our goal is to understand how growth, mechanics, geometry, and biological signaling interact to produce reproducible forms despite noise, perturbations, and changing environments.
Morphometry
Morphometry
We develop data-driven ways to measure biological form and shape change during development. Using 3D imaging, geometry, registration, and computational modeling, we turn growing plant shapes into quantitative variables that can be compared, analyzed, and predicted.
Morphorythms
Morphorythms
We study how growing systems can be steered toward desired shapes using integrated sensing, feedback, and physical cues. By combining observation, prediction, and control, we aim to understand how shape can be steered along desired developmental trajectories.
Current Projects
Current Projects
Selected directions where we connect plant morphogenesis, quantitative shape analysis, sensing, and feedback.
Plant shape regulation
Plant shape regulation
We study how plant organs regulate shape through growth, mechanics, geometry, biological signaling, and feedback. The goal is to understand the principles by which reproducible forms emerge despite noise, perturbations, and changing environments.
Root–shoot morphogenesis
Root–shoot morphogenesis
We investigate how root architecture develops in transparent-soil and rhizobox systems, and how below-ground form correlates with shoot growth and plant performance over time. This project connects root morphogenesis, shoot morphogenesis, 3D imaging, and plant–soil sensing.
Learning and steering plant shape
Learning and steering plant shape
We develop data-driven models that learn how plant shape changes over time and use those models to predict and guide future growth. This project builds on principles learned from plant morphogenesis and uses tools such as sparse model discovery, state estimation, data assimilation, and feedback control.
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